Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

The firstborn

Bible References

The firstborn

Job 18:13
Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.

The poor

Isaiah 5:17
Lambs will graze
as if in their own pastures,
and strangers will eat
among the ruins of the rich.
Isaiah 7:21
On that day
a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
Isaiah 30:23
Then He will send rain for your seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food, the produce of the ground, will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Isaiah 33:16
he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
Isaiah 37:30
“‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

My servants will eat,
but you will be hungry;
My servants will drink,
but you will be thirsty;
My servants will rejoice,
but you will be put to shame.

And i

Ezekiel 25:15
This is what the Lord God says: “Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with deep contempt, destroying because of their ancient hatred,
Joel 3:4
And also: Tyre, Sidon, and all the territories of Philistia—what are you to Me? Are you paying Me back or trying to get even with Me? I will quickly bring retribution on your heads.
Amos 1:6
The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Gaza
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.
Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza will be abandoned,
and Ashkelon will become a ruin.
Ashdod will be driven out at noon,
and Ekron will be uprooted.
Zechariah 9:5
Ashkelon will see it and be afraid;
Gaza too, and will writhe in great pain,
as will Ekron, for her hope will fail.
There will cease to be a king in Gaza,
and Ashkelon will become uninhabited.

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